Bryophyllum.] li. crassulace^. 689 



places, no doubt introduced from Africa, but thoroughly estab- 

 lished in a few spots. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca (Maingay, Hervey). 

 Perlis, Tebing Tinggi. Native names : Tumbo Daun ; Sadingin ; 

 Karanchong (Pahang). Use: As a febrifuge. 



2. KALANCHOE, Adans. 



Erect herbs, succulent. Leaves often deeply cut. Flowers 

 moderate, erect in panicled cymes. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla flask- 

 shaped, limb 4-fid, yellow. Stamens 8, in 2 rows adnate to corolla- 

 tube ; scales 4, linear or oblong. Carpels 4, with long styles ; 

 follicles 4. Species 25, chiefly African. 



(i) K. laciniata DC. PL Grasses, t. 100; Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 



415- 



Leaves pinnatifid. Flowers pale yellow about i in. long. 

 Malacca (Maingay). Distrih. India, Burma, tropical Africa, Java. 



This is a common pot plaiit with the Chinese. I have never seen it here 

 in flower, but Maingay's specimens are in flower. It is not native or wild 

 anywhere in our region, but might occur as an escape in dry spots. 



Order LII. HAMAMELIDE.^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate simple or palmate-lobed. 

 Flowers often unisexual in heads (or spikes). Calyx small or o, 

 adnate to ovary. Petals o to 5. Stamens 4 to many. Ovary 

 2-celled; styles 2, spreading; ovules i to many. Capsule woody 

 dehiscing at tip so as to split each style in two. Seeds i to many. 

 Species over 30, Persia, India, China, Japan, India, N. America 

 and S. Africa. {King, Journ. As. Sac. Beng. Ixvi. (i), p. 307.) 



Petals present. 



Petals oblong, pink 2 to 4 ; stamens 7 to 10 . . i. Rhodoleia 



Petals linear, white, 5 ; stamens 5 . . . .2. Maingaya 



Petals linear, spathulate; leaves cordate ovate; 



stamens 10 to 14 . . . . . • 3- Bucklandia 



Petals o ; leaves oblong-lanceolate serrate ; stamens 



many. ........ 4. Altingia 



1. RHODOLEIA, Hook. 



Shrubs or small trees, exstipulate. Leaves coriaceous alternate, 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers in axillary peduncled decurved heads 

 with whorls of bracts. Calyx-tubes connate in heads adnate in 

 lower half to ovary ; limb annular. Petals unilateral pink, 2 to 4, 

 absent in central flowers, clawed, oblong. Stamens 7 to 10 inserted 

 with petals ; filaments thick ; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary half 

 inferior ovoid, tip bifid. Capsule woody, 2-celled, 2-vaIved with 

 many small angular seeds. Species 3, i Hongkong and 2 Malay 

 Peninsula (one also in Sumatra). 



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